existance of xml parser for Ada

existance of xml parser for Ada

[Martin Schilt]

Hy

I'm looking for a validating XML Parser in Ada. Does anyone know if
there
is (or will be in close future) a library for parsing and validating xml
files?

Thanks

Martin

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Re: existance of xml parser for Ada

[Mario Amado Alves]

On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Martin Schilt wrote:

> Hy
> 
> I'm looking for a validating XML Parser in Ada. Does anyone know if
> there
> is (or will be in close future) a library for parsing and validating xml
> files?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Martin

Take a look at:

  URL: http://lexis.di.fct.unl.pt/ADaLIB/xml.htm

It is not fully validating (as per the W3C specs) on its own, but I find it
very useful. When I need to validate in detail I use it to convert the XML
input into Prolog predicates and then validate in Prolog, which I find the
most fitting language for the job.

I do not know of any other XML processing tool in Ada.

There is OpenToken, a general parsing tool; but then there is also package
GNAT.Spitbol.Patterns, which can be used also as a general parsing tool ;-)

I have in my plans to develop a package more in accordance with W3C
standards (DOM, XSL, XSLT, XPath, etc.)--I will let you know when that
happens. Also, if someone is willing to help... ;-)

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Re: existance of xml parser for Ada

[Stefan Skoglund]

Mario Amado Alves wrote:
> 
> I do not know of any other XML processing tool in Ada.
> 

A thin binding to libxml (GNOME project XML library)
should be good enough.

libxml's API is still in flux so doing a binding
by hand is like shoting at a moving target.